Blogs from Blantyre, Southern, Malawi, Africa - page 8

Where do I begin? We left the beautiful isle of Ilha on monday morning despite what our house mom told us todo, which was to leave the next day.... to hopefully arriv ein Nampula by mid after noon. Well, the first mode of transport was an open back truck... yes mom I was riding in the back of a pick up on the freeway...it wasn't at all comfertable until someone decided to load a matteress on board as well as the 17 people. WE had the good seat, on the matteress. That truck dropped at the half way point where we jumped off had a fanta or two and hopped on to another truck, please note that the temps were prob about 35 at least and in the late morning sun it was bloody hot!. The ... read more

The very first diary entry... Dear friends, this is the very first post of the little world tour that Helene and myself is undertaking. Facts about Blantyre and Malawi As you may be aware, Helene and our friend Astrid, both medicine students, left Sydney (where we are studying) on 22 October 2005, destination Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. I left Sydney on 9 November, and caught up with the girls in Blantyre on the 10th. Blantyre is a city of about 5-600 000 inhabitants and is the so-called commercial centre of Malawi. Named after the birth place of David Livingstone in Scotland, it used to be the capital, however, this changed, and the capital is now Lilongwe, which is also the biggest city. Being one of the world's poorest countries, Malawi is about to experience a hunger crisis ... read more